Re: Why PHP4?

Sometimes speed improvements require removing things. If you end up backwards supporting everything you end up with a big monster engine that is incredibly slow. Thank you, Micah Gersten onShore Networks Internal Developer http://www.onshore.com Hélio Rocha wrote: > Brainfuck rox! LOL :) > > Sure you must see the changelog and other things but take a look: > I can do more and better things with the next generation of the language in > which i wrote my app, but i don't think that it's fair that my app doens't > compile (if it was a compiled language) or stops executing just because i > get an upgrade. > > On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Richard Heyes <richard.heyes@gmail.com>wrote: > > >>> Sorry to disagree, >>> >> That's nothing to apologise for. >> >> >>> But I think that with PHP4 a lot of people start thinking that they could >>> >> be >> >>> programmers (maybe they can, developers it's another story). When php5 >>> >> came >> >>> they didn't know how do deal with the deprecated methods and worst, some >>> hosters didn't know how to virtualize a f1ck1n' server with Apache+PHP5. >>> >> A >> >>> lot of mistakes were made when php5 came out but how can a language grow >>> >> up >> >>> when they DEPRECATE the syntax? we're not talking about removing the last >>> >> That's not the problem of the PHP developers. Learning is not a case >> of spend a few years doing it and you're set - it's a life long thing. >> >> >>> Maybe I'm in a "GET LOST PHP" phase but I think that someone is killing >>> >> it, >> >>> and the ones who are stuck in 4 are not helping. >>> >> There are alternatives - have you heard of Brainfuck? >> >> >>> When U write code, U must not be worried 'bout the next upgrade of your >>> server! >>> >> Of course you should. Writing code with every eventuality in mind is >> simply ludicrous. And you really should expect things to change when >> major versions are changed - that's why release notes exist. >> >> -- >> Richard Heyes >> http://www.phpguru.org >> >> > >